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Hugh R. Jones Memorial Lecture

The Hugh Jones Memorial Lecture is named in honor of Judge Hugh R. Jones, a former Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals.  Judge Jones was a leader in efforts to improve the courts.  He served as Chair of the Commission on Judicial Nomination; Chair of the Temporary State Commission on Executive, Legislative and Judicial Compensation; Chair of the Select Committee on Correctional Institutions and Programs; President of the New York State Bar Association; and Director of the Committee for Modern Courts.  Judge Jones also authored a leading article on judging, Cogitations on Appellate Decision-Making.  The Judge Hugh Jones Memorial Lecture is intended to honor Judge Jones by promoting research and writing on issues affecting the judiciary.

Past Speakers
2007 Hon. Richard J. Bartlett
Former Chief Administrator Judge for the State of New York
2006 Joseph W. Bellacosa
Associate Judge (ret.) of the New York Court of Appeals
2005 Richard D. Simons
Associate Judge (ret.) of the New York Court of Appeals
2004 Stewart F. Hancock, Jr.
Associate Judge (ret.) of the New York Court of Appeals
2003
Howard A. Levine
Associate Judge (ret.) of the New York Court of Appeals
2002
Richard C. Wesley
Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals

 




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